A Guide to demand-driven agricultural research

Publication

Published
2003
Authors
W. Heemskerk, N. Lema, D. Guindo, C. Schouten, Z. Semgalawe, H. Verkuijl, Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters, P. Penninkhoff

Agricultural research and extension in sub-Sahara Africa have been subject to repeated organisational and institutional reforms during the last few decades. Donors and central governments were the main drivers of reorganisation and re-structuring processes. Mostly “blueprints” based on “western” models were applied; although sometimes a perceived lack of impact was given as the rationale, the actual reasons for change were often of an ambiguous nature.